Sub attack near Choiseul Bay at 112,131! [8 G( {% A) l
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Japanese Ships
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Allied Ships
5 [! Z/ H' x/ e% Y1 C b9 [ CV Enterprise, Torpedo hits 3, heavy fires, heavy damage# z) d! E5 [5 O; C! l/ D
CA Salt Lake City" J/ ^3 r1 H$ t$ t/ s
DD McCall
) p1 z7 F% J1 Q9 u DD Balch
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DD Dunlap
* Q7 {- H! {) ~: b DD Ellet
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SS I-25 launches 6 torpedoes at CV Enterprise4 F& T" E2 v# z* R U& I
DD Balch attacking submerged sub ....7 m; ^$ q2 ^# m7 ^
DD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
8 B7 E5 Q- ~; B2 r& A8 Z$ kDD Balch loses contact with SS I-25
, A: q W7 e7 R* W8 H; ^9 ?DD Balch cannot establish contact with SS I-259 R/ i. N( S% J: q k8 u$ k* C
DD Fanning fails to find sub and abandons search$ f+ R+ q# I0 v! e0 n
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...1 ^! s8 f& D9 Z5 X
DD Ellet attacking submerged sub ....
) d! l5 M+ ~5 C+ S% r; ^% GDD Balch fails to find sub and abandons search& s0 Q* O# `0 {3 H
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...+ ?8 Q8 t @3 B0 p3 `) V
DD Ellet fails to find sub and abandons search- c" Z9 B5 \) b5 a2 f9 G, e5 g. u
DD Dunlap attacking submerged sub ....
1 m7 |+ q- v- d; BDD Dunlap cannot establish contact with SS I-25
; k& w* i8 J! [DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
3 t2 X: P8 J) |0 a3 r2 MDD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...* ]+ P) m; s. B
DD Dunlap fails to find sub, continues to search...
6 b6 t( v+ L% `9 u. b% t+ qEscort abandons search for sub |